CATALYST - One Guild Wars 2 Elementalist Build for PvE, WvW, PvP - Astronomer Guide

Great video as always!

I had a go at this build and it does seem quite fun but sadly there are too many buttons to press :(

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Your videos are great especially this one elementalist is so much harder to grasp compared to most proffessions.

You should have named it The AstronHammer :D

What's that little meteorite hovering over your shoulder?

I remember you recommended the Superior Rune of Sanctuary in the past (e.q. for the cele weaver). The wiki says the healing generated by passive effects like the passive of your healing signet does not work with the 6er set bonus of the rune (barrier generation). Do you have any insight here?

"enjoy" in wvw sadly not a meta class any more by a long shot. (only commenting because this was on gw2 twitter nothing to do with your build or views on the class any thing to get though that anet bubble).

Really Ele.. is it like crazy multitasking?

I’m not surprised. They should rename the game Cookie Cutter Wars 2.

Damm i want see pvp end stat in the video end :D

Ele needs a simple spec or build asap... I am not a pianist, damn it...

staff cata with 2 meteor still effective in wvw haha

I left gw2 forever... bye.. have fun

After so many years of weaver, it is now time to switch! I was so close to giving up, but now I'm excited to play again. Thank you for the detailed information, especially with the raid

Still simpler than weaver. If you can use weaver, you can use catalyst. Still not a fan of the hammer tho but i love catalyst's concept

Another "good" build without dps meter, kek. Random gear, random talants, random abilities, oh look, im that guy in raid who do 4k dps and 40% boon uptime!

Love how the PVE instructions in your guildjen link and the video don't match AT ALL. Great waste of my time.

I have that hammer skin for my cata totally worth the money because it looks like black mage staff from a realm reborn.

Does this work with celestial gear? I'm returning and don't know how to change stats to my ascended gear

what you can say about this build now, after last update?

Great commentary and gameplay!

what race

What are your thoughts on using fire traits over air? The 2nd GM trait spreads might to allies, which means you can buff the hell out of the elementals. I don't know however if more power is better than crit damage.

hello, i'm back to GW2, i'ven been out like for years, and i'm using and ELE again as main. I'm really curious about this build, but i didn't even know it's possible to handle a hammer as an ele. It is a thing of a new expansion? what content do i need to unlock for this? Ty in advance!

if i cant get durability runes yet, which is a good 2nd option?

Nice.

Hey :) i saw that the combo here is 2>3> jade sphere > 5 :) but on guildjen there is a different combo for basic burst. Which one is the better one?

What’s the fashion used for this character?

How about celestial set ? Would it be good ? Nice video BTW

honestly i just started playing,i go pvp as catalyst,im dying alot,i go online to see what build i need to be more tanky,here we got air arcane but gear and boons make you tanky,another vid i saw full dmg gear but water fire to have sustain and condi cleanse,then i saw a dude say earth elemental and keeping up the max dmg resist from elemental empowerment gives him sustain,then i see a dude go air fire with 11k hp using all defencive utility skills to not get oneshot,then i see a guy say just make a water sphere,use leap,use elite skill,use leap again,boom you got a massive heal git gud,and finaly a dude who made a 26000 hp catalyst build but has no dmg burst,to compare this,i got my weaver to sustain on accident,just dodging generates barier,dual atack gives vigor,and signet of water is broken with arcane dodge,like every dodge gives 660hp and 1000 barierr,cant kill me but i dont do dmg,interesting game, will have to make a catalyst build that bursts and doesnt die somehow

use water 3 after after fire 3 then rock 3 then because it will extend them 10 sec

I just leveled an Elementalist, is this guide still working? I’m new to GW2

Ele could have been given so many other weapons and instead they gave them a slow clunky melee ranged 2 handed hammer . Why not a 1500 or 1200 range weapon like a bow or rifle or a great sword like mesmer has ?

What stats should I use in my trinkets and amulet? Same as Marauders?

I still have no idea when to switch elements

this build could use some updating

I think it's kinda hilarious that as a new player (started 4 days ago) I feel like the information you've laid out here would take a year or two to learn but it only takes like a week or so to hit level 80 according to everyone. If you don't know all of these mechanics do you just melt quickly in all situations?
TY so much for making this video. I'm sure I'll reference it in the near future a lot as I think I'm going Catalyst. Thanks again!

Hey dude you helped me fall in love with Hammer Catalyst and I love it now! Thanks!

Watching again, taking notes and this is super helpful. Thanks again.

Awesome video. Thank you, Vallun.

If you get durability runes, doesn't that make you aggro the boss in raids?

is this still viable? :)

I’m going to build this and have the same question as @Mallden. Have the builds changed any since the February 2023 update? Or, are these still valid? I’ll play around with it as see, so if you don’t know, that’s okay. Just curious. Great vid BTW. Thanks.

Awesome vid - thank you for the clear instructions on how to play. How significant of a drop in DPS will I have using Marauder gear vs Beserker? I can only get about 10k DPS p/s max with full Marauder in raids and strikes - and that's when the stars align! Most of the time I'm sitting at around 8k p/s

For some reason I thought the pve in your One Build videos were just for Open World and Bounties. I ask this because I legit am ignorant, but are dps checks lenient enough in raids and T4 fractals to play builds like this with non offensive runes? Cause I would love to rock this build cause I’m poor (Again I’m a pve noob who’s tried a few raids and strikes and is only just getting into fractals recently)

This still accurate?

Hello Vallun, thank you so much for this guide. Ive been playing necro for a long time and decided to switch. i have started with this build and i think it is amazing.
finding it challenging to get to all the buttons to swap between the elements, could you perhaps suggest a more effective key bind ?

Hi Vallen, ive been getting better with the build and enjoying it so much, was just wondering if you could maybe do an update video for SOTO?